In a speech to the NAACP recently, President Obama proposed reforms to a broken criminal justice system. What may come as a surprise — especially considering the knee-jerk negative reception the administration typically receives in Washington — is the broad …
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Running a business in today’s world takes an awful lot of stamina and dedication. I saw an interesting comment earlier this week that read something like this: If you are buying from a locally owned business, you are not contributing …
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Sat Aug 1 2015 11:32AM

Buy Guns in Stores. Should the Venice Gondolier Sun stop running gun ads? I have mixed emotions. I am 72 years old, and I and a friend of mine bought a gun at the same time in the year 2000. …
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It’s doubtful things could get any worse for Venice Regional Bayfront Health. They are in danger of losing 100 percent of their Medicare funding because of the way the hospital handled a sewage spill inside its building. They are cited …
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Gun Ad. I am very discouraged and disappointed in you having that full-page gun ad after all these massacres are happening. Now you want to support the NRA’s guns. I don’t think it’s right. Please ... watch your advertising. I …
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State Sen. Nancy Detert hit the nail on the head last week when she labeled a new teacher incentive program, the “worst bill of the year.” It’s another instance of the farcical meddling by the Florida Legislature in education. Or, …
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Floridians for Solar Choice is a legitimate grassroots citizens’ effort to give Florida residents and business owners the ability to choose solar energy and harness the power of the sun through the free market. Unfortunately, despite being the Sunshine State, …
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Sat Jul 25 2015 12:26PM

Scout Leaders. I take offense at your question “Does it matter if someone is gay and a Boy Scout leader,” implying that there would be something the matter. People are people, whether they’re gays, pink, black, white, red, orange, lesbian, …
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Wed Jul 22 2015 10:22AM

Many thanks for Lovelanders Jewelry Extravaganza Editor: As chairperson of the Lovelanders Jewelry Extravaganza, I and my committee would like to express our thanks, gratitude and appreciation to all of the Lovelanders, as well as parents and friends of the …
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In a speech to the NAACP recently, President Obama proposed reforms to a broken criminal justice system. What may come as a surprise — especially considering the knee-jerk negative reception the administration typically receives in Washington — is the broad …
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Mother Nature is up to her old tricks again, yet again proving that she is unpredictable and at times temperamental. Out in the far West, she continues to deny that region the precious rain that keeps things on kilter. In …
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Mon Jul 20 2015 04:18PM

Bogus ‘entitled’ attitude Editor: So, the Democrats’ darling wants to be president. We don’t need another self-centered, egotistical, power hungry politician in the White House. Hillary forgave Bill’s adultery, as governor and as president, and his almost impeachment. She stayed …
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Appalling. That’s the only appropriate reaction to a grand jury report that concluded corrections officers inflicted a deadly beating on Charlotte Correctional Institute inmate Matthew Walker in April 2014, but that conflicting testimony, a botched crime scene and “questionable responses” …
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When I retired to Venice three years ago at age 70, I had no idea that golf would become the center of my new life. The basic principle of retirement is articulated incisively by Shakespeare’s King Lear: “To shake all …
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Allow me to address a question I’ve been hearing a lot lately: “So what’s up with that Lord-Higel House?” If you’ve driven behind City Hall recently, you’ll notice the old residence is looking pretty good. With the exception of installing …
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